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Cabinet
Cabinet approves change of nomenclature & mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine  as North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research 
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today hasgiven its approval for changing the nomenclature & mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine  as North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research .
Details:
Keeping in view the need, the proposal to change the nomenclature and mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine  to North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research  for imparting quality Education and Research in Ayurveda & Folk Medicine at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. The consequential changes will also be carried out in the Memorandum of Association & Rules and Regulations.
Impact:
The inclusion of Ayurveda within the mandate of the Institute will be highly beneficial for the people of North East region for imparting quality education and research in Ayurveda and Folk medicine. The institute will also provide opportunities for students of Ayurveda and Folk medicine not only in India but also the neighboring countries such as Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, China and other Central Asian countries.
Background:
The NEIFM, Pasighat was established for systemic research, documentation and validation of traditional folk medicine and heath practices of the region. The objectives for which the Institute was established include to function as an apex research centre for all aspect of Folk Medicine, to create an interface between traditional healers and scientific research, survey, documentation and validation of folk medicine practices, remedies and therapies for possible usage in public health care and future research etc.
PIB Headquarters
Dak Adalat
“Dak Adalat” will be conducted by the Senior Superintendent of Post offices, Chennai City North Division at the office premises at No. 5 , IV Floor, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008 at 12.00 hours on 20.06.2018 .
The members of the public are requested to send their unsettled grievances / pending complaints relating to postal services in respect of post offices under the administrative jurisdiction of Chennai City North Division on or before 18.06.2018.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding  on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management between the National Disaster Management Authority of the Republic of India and the National Disaster management Authority of the Republic of Maldives
The Union Cabinet, Chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister has ex-post facto approved the Memorandum of Understanding  signed on 02nd August, 2022 between the National Disaster Management Authority of the Republic of India and the National Disaster Management Authority of the Republic of Maldives on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management.
Benefits:
The MoU seeks to put in place a system, whereby both India and Maldives will be benefited from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other and it will help in strengthening the areas of preparedness, response and capacity building in the field of Disaster Management.
Salient features of the MoU:
- The Parties will extend mutual support on the request of one Party in the time of large scale disaster incident occurring within its territory, in the field of emergency relief, response, humanitarian assistance
- The Parties will exchange information and share experiences and best practices of disaster response, mitigation, planning and preparedness.
- The Parties will share satellite remote sensing data and expertise of space technology base applications for effective disaster mitigation, including exchange of information on disaster on prevention and risk assessment.
- The Parties will extend cooperation in the field of advanced information technology, early warning systems, remote sensing, satellite communication & navigation services.
- To consider training and capacity building programme for sectoral mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction, the parties will provide opportunities to train senior officials and rescue personnel of emergency management service in the short and long term trainings.
- The Parties will exchange information about the domestic and international exhibitions as well as exercises to be held in both countries and also cooperate in areas such as research, knowledge exchange, faculty support programmes, documentation in the areas of disaster risk reduction and academic programmes in disaster resilience & climate change adaptation.
- The parties will determine further cooperation in other activities related to disaster management.
- The Parties may exchange Tsunami Advisories, Storm Surge, High Wave Alert, Multi Hazard vulnerability information and multi hazard risk assessment due to oceanogenic disasters along their coastal zones.
- The Parties may exchange information about Numerical weather Predication  products and Extended Range Forecast .
- The Parties may exchange information including provision of access by Indian side to the Real Time Analysis of Products and Information Dissemination  for visualization of Indian Weather Satellite Data as well as providing training on NWP and Satellite Meteorology by IMD.
- The Parties will initiate an annual disaster management exercise that will be held in the different geographic settings of both nations.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Members of Gram Panchayats
As per List II  of Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, ‘Panchayat’, being ‘local government’, is a State Subject. Accordingly, all matters relating to Panchayat including payment of salary to members of Gram Panchayats are within the purview of State Governments.
The Ministry of Panhayati Raj seeks to transform Gram Sabhas as vibrant democratic institutions at the grass-roots level. In this regard, a detailed advisory has been issued to States in August 2021. As the role of Ward Members of Gram Sabha is important for the efficient functioning of the Gram Panchayats, States have been advised that Ward Members of the Gram Panchayats should invariably be made members of various Sub-Committees of Gram Panchayats. Further, in order to incentivize participation of the Ward Members in these Sub-Committees, payment of honorarium/sitting fees up to Rs.1000/- per month has been suggested from the own source of revenues of the Gram Panchayats or from State Government’s assistance to the Gram Panchayats. In case of services provided by the Gram Pradhan/Sarpanch to these Committees, the honorarium/sitting fees for such services have been suggested to be upto Rs.5000/- per month from the own source of revenues of the Gram Panchayats or from State Government’s assistance to the Gram Panchayats. The Central Finance Commission’s grants are however not to be used for payment of such honorarium/sitting fees.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
It is about time that we celebrate our Skill Champions: Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Team India gets a big send-off for 46th WorldSkills Competition
58 candidates to compete in 52 skills across 15 countries
A strong 58-member Indian contingent was given a grand ‘Vijayi Bhava’ send-off ceremony in the capital today as they gear up to compete against the best in the world at WorldSkills Competition 2022, the biggest skills competition in the world. The competitors will be showcasing their skills in 52 trades across 15 countries in Europe, Korea, Japan, and the USA.
In the current edition of the competition, Team India will compete in six new-age skills, including Industry 4.0, Robot System Integration, Additive Manufacturing, and Renewable Energy. The 58-member team has 19% women representation, indicating the rise in the stature of women including in skills that were earlier the preserve of men. All Indian competitors have undergone robust training to polish their skills with support of industries and academia like Toyota, Maruti, NIFT, Mahindra & Mahindra and more.
Addressing the candidates, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology congratulated all competitors, representing states, parents and other supporters for setting new benchmarks in skilling. He said that we are witnessing a true Yuva Shakti and we are all spectators of this great phenomenon called skilling that is propelling the economic wheels of our country. He expressed his confidence that with the power of skills, we will soon witness India’s techade. Guided by the vision of our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, we have been able to create a globally competitive youth that is prepared to make India the Skill Hub of the World. The huge spectrum of skills on display today gives me reason to believe that we will have many skilling champions who we must celebrate, he added.
Lauding the hard work of students and trainers, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, MSDE gave his best wishes to all the candidates. The fact that we embraced big challenges including the pandemic is testimony to our resilience and grit. What we have seen in the national competitions strengthens our belief that we will get more glories for our nation in WorldSkills Competition 2022, he added.
Displaying extraordinary talent, Likith Kumar YP, candidate in the current Team WorldSkills India has already won a bronze medal in prototype modeling in the first leg of the WorldSkills Competition 2022 , held in Bern, Switzerland.
Various winners of past WorldSkills Competitions also addressed the India team, sharing their experiences of the largest skill competition and inspiring aspiring members to perform to the best of their abilities on the global stage. The 46th WorldSkills Competition will bring together more than 1,400 young professionals, representing over 60 countries. In 2019, from India, 48 candidates took part in WorldSkills International at Kazan, Russia. The team won one gold , one silver , two bronze  and 15 medallions for excellence.
Ministry of Communications
Special Campaign 2.0 undertaken by MH LSA Nagpur
Nagpur, 1 November 2022
Special Campaign 2.0 is being undertaken by Nagpur Unit of Maharashtra LSA  , Department of Tele Communications, Ministry of Communications ,Government of India during the month of October, 2022 from 2nd October - 31st October, 2022.The campaign involved inter-alia identification of sites at office location 2nd Floor, Khamla Telephone Exchange Building for record management, cleanliness drive, space management planning and scrap disposal. Under campaign 2.0, Nagpur unit of Maharashtra LSA has undertaken activities for record weeding out, disposal of scrap items and cleaning. More than 1400 files were reviewed and about 1100 files have been identified and separated out for weeding out. Many old and life expired more than 35 IT items which were pending for disposal are also scrapped and disposed of suitably.
The Government of India has decided to undertake a special campaign for Swachhata in Government Offices and disposal of pending matters during the period from 2nd October, 2022 to 31st October, 2022 on the lines of Special Campaign held in 2021. The Special Campaign will cover all Ministries/Departments of Government of India and their attached/ subordinate offices. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances  has been designated as the nodal Department for the campaign.
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Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participates in a diplomatic conclave, outlines government’s vision on internationalisation of education
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today participated in a Diplomatic Conclave organised by Chandigarh University.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Pradhan spoke about India’s inherent strength as a knowledge centre of the world and the role of education in shaping India’s place in the post-COVID new world order.
The Minister outlined the vision for India’s education system and said that enabling policy structure in the form of National Education Policy 2020, quality educational institutions, societal inclusivity with multiculturalism and focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and internationalisation will drive India’s education system to newer heights.
Mentioning India’s age-old belief in ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbukam’, he called for working towards preparing global citizens and working together with common understanding to address common global challenges and achieve common goals.
Shri Pradhan mentioned that he was glad to note that more than 120 countries were represented in the conclave.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
220.66 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
205 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 35,199
Active cases stand at 0.08%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.73%
3,481 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,41,96,318
5,880 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
92.28 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 85,076 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Brics MSME Rountable Emphasis Upon Formulation of a Future Roadmap to Accelerate Growth of MSME Sector
Secretary, MSME Shri B.B. Swain has emphasized upon formulation of a future roadmap to accelerate growth of MSME sector post Covid-19 and a guide towards creating business environment for the benefit of MSMEs. Addressing the BRICS Nation’s vision of Post-Covid Roadmap for ‘the growth accelerating sector’, he called for evaluating the extent of damage of the pandemic on MSMEs and covid response policies/programs of govt. for safeguarding MSMEs.
Ministry of MSME has hosted BRICS MSME Roundtable which focused on BRICS Nation’s vision of Post-Covid Roadmap for ‘the growth accelerating sector’. The roundtable conference witnessed participation from the Government, private sector of all BRICS nations and there was also 200+ attendees from industry associations, MSME tool rooms, DIs etc.
Deputy Managing Director- Export-Import Bank of India, and President- India SME Forum referred to Integration of MSMEs in Global and regional value chains; role of digitalization for MSMEs in post covid-19 scenario and govt. measures for their digital transformation; leveraging BRICS forum for accelerated development of MSMEs.
This was followed by a series of presentations from the Government and private sector of BRICS Nations, scheduled in separate sessions, made by the concerned senior officials from the Government and private sector.
The BRICS partners appreciated the activities planned by India, being timely and relevant in the current context and expressed their support for working together on the various initiatives proposed by India.
Ministry of Railways
100th Oxygen Express of Indian Railways delivers relief
6260 MT of Oxygen delivered by 100 Oxygen Expresses
Oxygen Expresses delivered nearly 800 MT of LMO to the Nation yesterday
Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reaches Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, MP, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan, Delhi & UP
First Oxygen Expresses for Dehradun and Pune reach yesterday night with 120 MT & 55 MT of Medical Oxygen respectively
407 MT has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 1680 MT in UP, 360 MT in MP, 939 MT in Haryana, 123 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan, 120 MT in Karnataka and more than 2404 MT in Delhi
Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 6260 MT of LMO in more than 396 tankers to various states across the country.
Yesterday Oxygen Expresses delivered nearly 800 MT of LMO to the Nation.
100 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.
It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.
Till the time of this release, 407 MT of LMO has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 1680 MT in UP, 360 MT in MP, 939 MT in Haryana, 123 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan, 120 MT in Karnataka and more than 2404 MT in Delhi.
First Oxygen Express to Uttarakhand is reached last night with 120 MT of Oxygen from Tatanagar in Jharkhand.
Oxygen Express to Pune also reached with 55 MT of Oxygen from Angul  late last night.
Running of new Oxygen is a very dynamic exercise and figures keep getting updated all the time. More loaded Oxygen Expresses are expected to start their journeys later in the night.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
(The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to former Prime Minister, Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.
"On his death anniversary, tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi", the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Finance
Thane CGST arrests one person for Input Tax Credit Fraud Of Rs. 90.68 crores
In a major drive initiated against fraudsters who are availing and utilizing fake Input Tax Credit  Thane Central GST Commissionerate, Mumbai CGST Zone has arrested a mastermind who had opened a firm M/s. Doshi Marketing and was operating from Bhayander West. He has indulged in fraudlent availment and utilization of Input Tax Credit to the tune of Rs 90.68 crores without receiving the goods or services in violation of the provisions of CGST Act 2017.
His firm was dealing in trading of Asbestos, cotton yarn, sewing thread etc and had fraudulently taken credit of Input Tax showing the value of goods amounting to Rs.503.80 crores. This was a paper transaction only without actual supply of goods and without filing of E-way bills.
The mastermind accused was arrested under provisions of CGST Act 2017 and was remanded to judicial custody till 5th of November by JMFC Court Thane.
In another two separate cases M/s. Trimurti Gems and M/s.Nikita Trading & Co operating in the Bhayander area who were also involved in activity of fraudulently availing and passing on the Input Tax Credit amounting to Rs.292 crores have also been booked. These firms were not active and their registrations had been cancelled. Efforts are on to nab the masterminds in these cases also.
Further investigation is under progress.
Prime Minister's Office
PM interacts with MudraYojana beneficiaries across the country through video bridge
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with Mudra Yojana beneficiaries from across the country, through video bridge. The video conference is the second in the series of video bridge by the Prime Minister, interacting with various beneficiaries of Government schemes.
Expressing happiness at being able to interact with the beneficiaries, the Prime Minister said that the Mudra Yojana has become a job multiplier. He further added that the initiative has helped in relieving the entrepreneurs from the vicious cycle of moneylenders and middlemen. It has opened up new opportunities for youth, women and those who wanted to start or expand their businesses.
Under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, Government has so fargiven out 12 crore loans worth Rs. 5.75 lakh crore. Out of which 28% of the loans worth Rs. 3.25 lakh crore were given to first time entrepreneurs.Of the total loans disbursed, 74% of the total beneficiaries were women and 55% of the loans were given to SC/ST and OBC communities.
Prime Minister, while addressing the PMMY beneficiaries, said that the scheme has transformed the lives of the poor. He said that by aiding small and micro businesses, the scheme has helped to strengthen people economically, socially and has given people a platform to succeed.
Emphasizing on creating self-employment, Prime Minister said that being self- employed is a matter of pride now and has helped people in achieving things that were considered impossible before.
During the interaction, Prime Minister said that if Mudra Yojana was implemented a few years ago, it would have helped lakhs of people to set up their own businesses and would have stopped migration to a great extent.
Interacting with the Prime Minister, beneficiaries explained how Mudra Yojana has helped to set up their own business and thereby helped to create employment for others.
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana  is a scheme launched by Prime Minister on April 8, 2015 for providing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises. These loans are classified as MUDRA loans under PMMY. These loans are given by Commercial Banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks, Cooperative Banks, MFIs and NBFCs.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
EWS RESERVATION
Department of Personnel & Training who is handling the work of recruitment in Government service have informed that they are not having the information regarding the number of persons who have availed the benefits of EWS reservation in appointment to Government service till date.
By virtue of Entry 41 of State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the respective States are required to implement the provisions relating to State Public Services. As per available information the following States have implemented ten per cent reservation to EWS:-  Uttrakhand  Gujarat  Karnataka  Jharkhand  Maharashtra  Mizoram  Delhi  J&K  Goa Assam  Telengana and AndhraPradesh.
A total of 2,14,766 additional seats were approved to be created to in the central educational institutions; and an expenditure of Rs. 4,315.15 Cr was approved to be incurred to improve the infrastructure in the higher educational institutions as per the details given below:
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Number
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Intake 2018-19
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Total additional seats 
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Total financial requirements

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Total
Additional seats
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2019-20
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2020-21
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Scholarships and
maintenance
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Salaries
for
additional teachers
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Infrastructure creation
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Total
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IIT
|
|
23
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|
26831
|
|
6708
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|
2388
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|
4320
|
|
237
|
|
212
|
|
552
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|
1000.97
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|
NITs
|
|
32
|
|
26519
|
|
6631
|
|
4480
|
|
2151
|
|
7
|
|
0
|
|
663
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|
670.25
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|
IIMs
|
|
20
|
|
4794
|
|
1363
|
|
620
|
|
743
|
|
20.45
|
|
54.52
|
|
272.6
|
|
347.565
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|
IISERs
|
|
8
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|
2928
|
|
705
|
|
333
|
|
372
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|
165.38
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|
176.6
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|
58.9
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|
400.88
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|
Central Univs
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|
40
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|
209027
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|
47223
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|
20240
|
|
26983
|
|
230.30
|
|
248.95
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|
957.48
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|
1436.73
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|
IIITs
|
|
5
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|
1787
|
|
446
|
|
213
|
|
233
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|
1.58
|
|
4.06
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|
29.50
|
|
35.14
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|
IIITs 
|
|
20
|
|
2361
|
|
593
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|
270
|
|
323
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|
7.44
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|
6.47
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|
0.00
|
|
13.91
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|
SPAs/CFTIs
|
|
10
|
|
4388
|
|
1097
|
|
439
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|
658.2
|
|
183.00
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|
0.00
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|
71.70
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254.70
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|
IGNOU
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||
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636940
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|
150000
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|
90000
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|
60000
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|
65.00
|
|
15.00
|
|
75.00
|
|
155.00
|
|
|
|
158
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|
915575
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|
214766
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|
118983
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|
95783
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|
917.14
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|
717.83
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2680.18
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4315.15
All vacant seats are being filled by the Universities as per the prescribed procedure.
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Loksabha in a written reply today.